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Comment on What are some good incremental/idle mobile games? in ~games
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Comment on I would really appreciate some help. Looking for moving, thoughtful or observant or interesting songs that aren't metal or rap/hiphop in ~music
clench Link ParentThanks! Yes!! It's a fucking phenomenal album. I know there's still technically a "mainstream" industry, but I really love how broadly discoverable music has become. 20 years ago it felt like...Thanks! Yes!! It's a fucking phenomenal album.
I know there's still technically a "mainstream" industry, but I really love how broadly discoverable music has become. 20 years ago it felt like nearly everyone was listening to the same few things. It really does feel like that's been changing, and it's wonderful.
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Comment on I would really appreciate some help. Looking for moving, thoughtful or observant or interesting songs that aren't metal or rap/hiphop in ~music
clench (edited )LinkI have no idea of what's a classic or what's popular, but I homed in on thoughtful and interesting and here's some of what I've got haha First Aid Kit - Out of My Head Big Thief - Change Andrew...I have no idea of what's a classic or what's popular, but I homed in on thoughtful and interesting and here's some of what I've got haha
First Aid Kit - Out of My Head
On a river, I'm floatin' down the stream
And back again
Like a beggar, on my knees
Am runnin' out of time?Stuck inside my dreamin', fallin' behind Runnin' on low, does it matter now?
Let me out, out of my mindWould you live forever, never die
While everything around passes?
Would you smile forever, never cry
While everything you know passes?Would you stare forever at the sun
And never watch the moon rising?
Would you walk forever in the light
To never learn the secret of the quiet night?Still like a stone
Like a hill, like home
Still, what I find
Is you are always on my mindSisyphus peered into the mist
A stone's throw from the precipice, paused
Did he jump or did he fall as he gazed into the maw of the morning mist?
Did he raise both fists and say, "To hell with this" and just let the rock roll?l'd rather fail like a mortal than flail like a god,
I'm a lightning rod
History forgets the moderates
For those who sit recalcitrant and taciturn
You know I'd rather turn and burn than scale this edifice, yeah
Where's my accomplice?
So take my hand, we'll do more than stand
Take my hand, we'll claim this land
Take my hand, and we'll let the rock rollRushed in to hold down your page
And now I sleep 'side words you do not read with me
I hear a song from inside the maze, the very one you made
You shook at the ivory mantle
As a poet, I knew to be gentle
When you have a child, so begins the braiding
And in that braid you stayNow the pale morning sings of forgotten things
She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook
The fact that they've been blindly deceived
By those who preach and pray and teach
But she falls short and the night explodes in laughter
But don't you come here and say I didn't warn you
About the way your world can alter
And oh how you try to command it all still
Every single time it all shifts one way or the otherAnd I'm a goddamn coward, but then again so are you
And the lion's roar, the lion's roar
Has me evading and hollering for you
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Comment on What are the best portable retro consoles under 120 US dollars? in ~games
clench Link ParentGore-Troid sounds terrifying. I'm guessing nobody thought about that url much haha.Gore-Troid sounds terrifying. I'm guessing nobody thought about that url much haha.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
clench LinkI watched 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Day of the Jackal (1973) this week, first time viewing for each. It ended up being a pretty fun double feature. Some shared themes as well as interesting...I watched 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Day of the Jackal (1973) this week, first time viewing for each.
It ended up being a pretty fun double feature. Some shared themes as well as interesting discordant notes.
Ben Wade and the Jackal are in many ways opposites of one another. Everyone knows Wade's name; no one knows the Jackal's. Wade is happy to trade his freedom for a roll in the hay; the Jackal risks himself for nothing and no one. Wade makes excuses for his crimes; the Jackal has no conscience to be cleared.
These men are shaped by their worlds. In the lawless west, Wade is a force of chaos. He trusts that everything will work out somehow, and goes with the flow. In the modern world of red tape and records, the Jackal is in many ways a monster of bureaucracy. He crosses every 't' and minds every detail.
Two very different villains. Two very different driving forces:
Can we catch the Jackal?
Can we keep Ben Wade?
The endings of both films are very satisfying, and I'd recommend either.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
clench Link ParentIn the year of our Lord Miles Morales, if somebody is gonna say that an animated movie looks good they better mean it. Haha.In the year of our Lord Miles Morales, if somebody is gonna say that an animated movie looks good they better mean it. Haha.
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Comment on Books with WTF premises in ~books
clench LinkThe show Dexter got pretty popular. Not as many people read the books. You can tell by how little discussion there is about how fucking insane they are. The first book is pretty close to the show....The show Dexter got pretty popular. Not as many people read the books. You can tell by how little discussion there is about how fucking insane they are.
The first book is pretty close to the show. Dexter is dating a woman, getting closer to her two kids, working with the police, and... Y'know, murdering serial killers as a hobby.
It's a pretty straightforward crime novel. Dexter talks about his Dark Passenger, which is a metaphor for his urge to kill, personified as a literary device to show his struggle with it.
In the show, Dexter keeps on serial killin' and coppin' his way through life. It follows the natural progression from season 1, with a different Big Bad serial killer each season. It gets pretty wild. Then they keep it going way longer than they should have and it starts to suck pretty bad.
But the books lose the plot pretty much immediately.
spoilers
In book two, we find out that Dexter's Dark Passenger is an immortal psychic alien parasite. It gets scared away by another parasite, after which Dexter loses not only the urge but the ability to kill. He reclaims his parasite, and then his step kids catch a parasite of their own so he has to be their serial murder tutor.
It's... A lot.
It feels dirty. These are real problems that actual human beings deal with, and it feels somehow wrong to try to turn them into entertainment this way. It's also such a dramatic change from the set up of the first book. It's jarring.
I never made it much farther into the books. Maybe they're good? I'm alright never really knowing haha.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
clench Link ParentYeah I don't think there's anything morally wrong with separating the art from the artist (up to a (nebulous) point.) I get it intellectually. But feelings is feelings. They demand to be felt.Yeah I don't think there's anything morally wrong with separating the art from the artist (up to a (nebulous) point.)
I get it intellectually.
But feelings is feelings. They demand to be felt.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
clench Link ParentI read the first two books and just found myself just unable to buy into the basic conceits of the plot. The cast on the show looks great and I find myself considering giving it a shot, especially...I read the first two books and just found myself just unable to buy into the basic conceits of the plot.
The cast on the show looks great and I find myself considering giving it a shot, especially if they're changing things.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
clench Link ParentI really wish Graham Linehan wasn't such a piece of shit, because IT Crowd, Black Books, & Father Ted used to be some of my favorite comfort shows and I have a hard time enjoying them the same way...I really wish Graham Linehan wasn't such a piece of shit, because IT Crowd, Black Books, & Father Ted used to be some of my favorite comfort shows and I have a hard time enjoying them the same way now.
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Comment on US Supreme Court strikes down race-based admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in ~life
clench Link ParentI deserve to be able to use the courts to force my way into a private university, even though it demonstrably creates a worse outcome for everyone (including me) đź‘ŤI deserve to be able to use the courts to force my way into a private university, even though it demonstrably creates a worse outcome for everyone (including me)
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Comment on What weird food combo did you not realise was weird? in ~food
clench LinkBreakfast tuna casserole sounds kinda dope, I'd try it. Apparently my family thinks that mixing cheddar sour cream chips with peanut butter chocolate candies is weird. Fuckin' good though.Breakfast tuna casserole sounds kinda dope, I'd try it.
Apparently my family thinks that mixing cheddar sour cream chips with peanut butter chocolate candies is weird.
Fuckin' good though.
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Comment on Is there any book that you keep trying but can not get through? in ~books
clench Link ParentThe similar names are infuriating, especially on audiobook. I actually ended up enjoying most of the series, but the first two books are dogshit haha.The similar names are infuriating, especially on audiobook.
I actually ended up enjoying most of the series, but the first two books are dogshit haha.
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Comment on What are some antiquated things that most people still do out of a force of habit, or that are now unnecessary but have lasted culturally? in ~talk
clench Link ParentYour honor, I'm just a simple Hyper Chicken from a backwoods asteroid, but I feel like you've forgotten someone on that list.Your honor, I'm just a simple Hyper Chicken from a backwoods asteroid, but I feel like you've forgotten someone on that list.
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Comment on What are some antiquated things that most people still do out of a force of habit, or that are now unnecessary but have lasted culturally? in ~talk
clench Link ParentBased on my legal education (watching My Cousin Vinny once a year) the issue is actually that the judge will hold you in contempt of court and then your hot fiance has to bail you out, but she's...Based on my legal education (watching My Cousin Vinny once a year) the issue is actually that the judge will hold you in contempt of court and then your hot fiance has to bail you out, but she's running out of money because she beat a guy at pool but he's refusing to pay up on their bet.
I think I might be ready to take the bar.
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Comment on What's your favorite read of 2023 so far? in ~books
clench Link ParentAlways Coming Home just released on audiobook and I'm super excited to listen.Always Coming Home just released on audiobook and I'm super excited to listen.
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Comment on What is your favorite “so bad it’s good” movie? in ~movies
clench (edited )Link ParentSo I gave it a rewatch tonight! While I don't think it compares to the other five that I listed before, it's definitely a lot more fun than I remember. Bacon and Shue are just entertaining to...So I gave it a rewatch tonight! While I don't think it compares to the other five that I listed before, it's definitely a lot more fun than I remember.
Bacon and Shue are just entertaining to watch. Everyone else is a little boring.
Some of the special effects have aged poorly, but some of them are still surprisingly effective.
Overall I had a good time watching it.
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Comment on What is your favorite “so bad it’s good” movie? in ~movies
clench (edited )Link ParentHave you seen Happy Feet 2? The Happy Feet movies are surreal ambitious animated musicals directed by George Miller of Mad Max fame. In the second one, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon play gay krill....Have you seen Happy Feet 2?
The Happy Feet movies are surreal ambitious animated musicals directed by George Miller of Mad Max fame.
In the second one, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon play gay krill. They're not even a part of the main story. It just occasionally cuts to two gay krill going through relationship issues.
George Miller is a strange man. I kinda love those movies.
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Comment on What is your favorite “so bad it’s good” movie? in ~movies
clench Link ParentNina Simone and Nina Dobrev are hitting the waves this summer...Nina Simone and Nina Dobrev are hitting the waves this summer...
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Comment on What is your favorite “so bad it’s good” movie? in ~movies
clench (edited )Link ParentSteve Beck ran special effects for the likes of Spielberg and McTiernan, then directed Thir13en Ghosts and Ghost Ship, and then just... disappeared? I wish we had gotten more of his weirdo brand...Steve Beck ran special effects for the likes of Spielberg and McTiernan, then directed Thir13en Ghosts and Ghost Ship, and then just... disappeared?
I wish we had gotten more of his weirdo brand of ghost movies haha
I've been playing for quite a while now... Does it get more complex at some point?
Kittens Game is orders of magnitude more complex and interesting so far.